Ashworth Hall

Ashworth Hall is a house, now divided into three cottages, dating back to the 17th century, with additions from the 18th century, and possibly a core from an earlier date. It is constructed of dressed stone and brick, with stone dressings and a stone slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan, with a main doorway now opening onto an enclosed courtyard. It’s roughly five bays wide, with three storeys, an attic and a basement. The brickwork is a facing to a former stone building, which may have incorporated a timber-framed hall that existed on the site around 1600. The main doorway (in bay 4) features panelled pilasters, a three-pane overlight, a flat hood, and a six-panel door. A stone plinth runs along the base, and the windows are a mixture of casements and sashes. The south gable, representing the oldest part of the building, includes a double-chamfered cavetto moulded three-light mullion window in the attic. Five axial stacks rise from the roof ridge. Two datestones are located in the garden: one, dated 1641, is on a pedestal, and the other, dated 1685 and inscribed "R.H." (for R Holte), is on a datestone itself.